Fall pears baked with fragrant cinnamon and crunchy walnuts drizzled with sweet, earthy honey and topped with a dollop of whipped cream. It’s 5 Ingredient Friday and Mr. Mike and I are watching our calories. After all, next weekend is Thanksgiving, and...

Whether it is through unfair European Union and government subsidies, or through the taxpayer having to underwrite the cost of cleaning up the environmental damage their growing methods can cause, fruit and vegetables grown using non-organic, chemical interventions...

Homemade Pear Vinegar Homemade Pear Vinegar is easy and economical to make. Most vinegar made at home is made from apples or pears, (usually the scraps) sugar or honey and filtered water. Homemade Pear Vinegar makes a delicious vinaigrette. Drizzle Pear...

Preparation: 20 min - Cooking: 30 min These scrumptious brunch toasts are topped with earthy mushrooms and slightly bitter cavolo nero which contrast beautifully with sweet pear and leeks. The finishing touch is a sprinkling of toasted walnuts. One of the things I particularly love about mushrooms,...

Whew. That was a mouthful. Literally and figuratively. I contemplated leaving out an ingredient or two in the title, but they all deserve their own little spotlight. Believe it or not, this salad was never meant for the blog. Nuts, right? That is a very...

Whew. That was a mouthful. Literally and figuratively. I contemplated leaving out an ingredient or two in the title, but they all deserve their own little spotlight. Believe it or not, this salad was never meant for the blog. Nuts, right? That is a very...

When summer fruit season ends, I usually mourn until I hit the market and discover the autumn bounty of figs, apples and pears. Especially the pears. For out of hand, sweet juice dripping down your chin, eating, I'm partial to Bartletts. But for any cooking...

I bought these firm and very crunchy blush pears from Fairprice last week and it just occurred to me that I've bookmarked a recipe using pears from Coles.com sometime ago. The recipe is Pear and Walnut cake with ginger syrup but I used hazelnut meal to...

Fancy enough for a dinner party, but easy enough to make just because. Or so the husband says. I just eat them when they're put in front of me.* Ingredients 6 candied walnuts or pecans 1 oz soft goat cheese, divided into 6 slices Bosc pear—cut 6 rectangular...

I was wanting to skip blogging today, thanks to a sinus problem... I am not able to really keep my head up for too long, but not having blogged for the previous two days made me feel really guilty to ignore this baby of mine today. This is the easiest part...

Preparation: 10 min - Cooking: 8 min It may look like a salad but really it’s my thinly veiled attempt at dressing a grilled cheese sandwich in healthy attire. And what could be wrong with that? Make it, taste it, and agree with me: absolutely nothing. This salad began as a late-night, got-to-use-up-this-and-that...

Preparation: 10 min Sponsored by the ADA in conjunction with Kitchen PLAY There is nothing I love more than a crisp salad filled with lots of sweet and savory bits. Maybe it’s the thrill of getting a bite with everything on it, or the fun of seeking out every last morsel of...

It's finally getting warm enough for salads again! But a warm salad is still the best of both worlds until the Spring weather settles in for good, and with stone fruit still a while away yet Pears seemed the perfect choice. Deeper flavours match beautifully...

Still looking for a fun Valentine’s treat to make for your honey? How about this super easy and incredibly decadent tart? I recently received a giant box of gorgeous Bosc pears from Harry & David and they were screaming out to me to do something with them….again....

This recipe for pears from "The Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook" might be the ultimate way to prepare them. Roasted in butter, topped with Gorgonzola cheese and sugary walnuts and broiled…really special! I used a melon baller to core the pears as I do...

This dessert holds a very special place in my heart. Not only do I usually make it with pears from my mother-in-law's farm ... ... see them growing on her trees? ... ... it's also the dessert I served the night my parents and my husband (then boyfriend!)...